books.google.co.uk - The focus of this book, first published in 2007, is the interplay between ancient astronomy, meteorology, physics and calendrics. It looks at a set of popular instruments and texts (parapegmata) used in antiquity for astronomical weather prediction and the regulation of day-to-day life. Farmers, doctors,...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Astronomy_Weather_and_Calendars_in_the_A.html?id=XaSlwqwe4iEC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareAstronomy, Weather, and Calendars in the Ancient World